Made in Madurai

Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Buses for Madurai Public - Road Transportation

After the bad news of price hike, here is a good news for Madurai public.

The corporation has decided to replace old and redundant buses with brand new vehicles. To start with, Madurai division will get 250 new buses to replace old vehicles. The 250 buses are part of the bouquet of 3,000 new buses to be introduced across the state. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa had earlier in the week announced that the buses would be bought at a cost of Rs 434.75 crore.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Happy New Year 2012 from Madurai Machan

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Plastic Roads in Madurai, like in Chennai and then Trichy to follow

Madurai will soon follow the footsteps of Chennai in laying roads using waste plastic. The Madurai Corporation has worked out a plan to lay roads using waste plastic for a distance of 3.2 km at a projected cost of Rs.1.55 crore. The special road scheme has been forwarded to the government for sanction of financial assistance.

In Madurai, the civic body will use the technology formulated by Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE).

He said that the Tiruchi Corporation had also shown a keen interest in using the technology.Work on laying ‘plastic road' would commence in the first week of January in Tiruchi.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Much Neat Motel in Trichy to Chennai Road

I have been travelling between Madurai and Chennai for past 2 years in TNSTC and SETC buses very regularly. Usually (at least as I know for 2 years), all TNSTC and SETC buses stop in a totally dirty motels, which has poor toilet facilities - like very poorly maintained toilets, even the space of the motel, that is the roads/parking spaces inside the motel are always dirty, full of swamp and you cannot even walk on those roads/spaces inside.

Yesterday, when I came by TNSTC A/C bus from Madurai to Chennai. At around 2:30 AM they stopped at a new place, which was maintained by Reliance Group. I think only the private buses park there for tea break. However, these days TNSTC buses also have started to park here looks like.

I asked a security guard there, which place is this. This is 26 kms from Villupuram and this is outskirts of ulundurpet. The place is called Badhur and anybody will know if you refer as Reliance Petrol Bunk Baadhur.

Many of my co-passengers were wondering, where did we land! We have never seen this kind of motel before, if you have only travelled by the government buses. I remember I have come to this place before, when I have travelled via Parveen Travels.

Anyway, the beauty is - at 2:30 AM, couple of women were really sweeping that space - i mean really sweeping and making that space clean. All the space inside this motel were made of Tar road. Some of my co-passengers were shocked and were pleased. These kind of motels also exist in Madurai to Chennai NH Highways Road.

I am sure the motel operators might be misusing the cleanliness and charge more to the customers. At any case, that is ok, as long as it goes to right pockets.

If all the motels are kept this clean, that will be great. I will be much proud of the Highways in Tamil Nadu. Since I have travelled/lived in US, I kind of have an idea of how neat a motel is in other countries. Hence, the comparison.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Madurai Health Tips

1) Do not worry about that dress/jeans. Concentrate on making permanent life-style changes.2) Exercise 3-5 days in a wekk, for 30 to 60 minutes.3) Consume small and frequent meals and snacks and avoid bulky meals.4) Consume plenty of fruits and vegetables - at least five portions.5) Consume more whole grains and cereals. Avoid maida and refined foods.6) Include sprouts and whole grams and legumes (dal) in your diet.7) Cut down on fat in your diet. Reduce oil in your cooking and avoid fried foods.8) Cut down on sugars and sweets.9) Cut down the consumption of carbonated beverages.10) Quit smoking.11) Moderate and responsible alcohol consumption.12) Manage stress.13) Sleep well for at least 6-8 hours.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Madurai District Bandh on December 22 Today - All Shops are closed in Madurai today

Various organisations have called for a bandh in Madurai district on December 22 to condemn the Kerala government’s attitude on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue. Pledging support, president of the TN Foodgrains Merchants’ Association S P Jeyapragasam, on Saturday, said that the farmers in Madurai and nearby districts would be deprived of water if Kerala went ahead with decommissioning the dam. A fast will be organised on the day at the MADITSSIA hall.

Madurai shows that Mullai Periyar Dam issue is important for Madurai, because that helps preventing any drought that could happen in future and that has happenned in past. That is the reason this dam was built to make Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram belt to be wet for some food to be cultivated!

Aruna Alloy Steels Madurai is stable: Fitch Rating - Reuters

Incorporated in 1961, Aruna is a Madurai-based steel and alloy castings manufacturer. It owns three manufacturing facilities in Madurai with a total capacity of 10,800 metric tones per annum. The company operates three windmills with a combined capacity of 2.6MW. In FY11, the company reported an operating income of INR701.7m (FY10: INR564.9m), an operating EBITDA of INR124.2m (INR87.3m) and total debt outstanding of INR236.1m (INR198m).